Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01
THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR
The VARIOUS OFFICES.

john G. Carlisle Likely to be the Next
speaksr--A Number of Contested EIec-
tion.-ProBabIe ChairmeD of the Com
nitr.es-Society Season Opened.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-At IL o'clock
noon, December 5, the Fiftieth congress will
convene. The Democrats, who have ma.
iority q ten in the house of representatives,
exclusive Of the independents, most OF whom
will ac: with them, will organize They
viii have caucus on Saturday evening for
the purpose OF nominating q speaker, a clerk,
sergean.-at-arms, postmaster and door
keepsr
It S y.ncsded by all that NJ. John G.
Carlisle, Of Kentucky, will be the NOMINEES
OF the caucus for speaker, and that his re-
election will not be antegonizsd by anyone
in the party. John P Leedom, Of Ohio,
will, without doubt, be renominated SER
geant-at-arms, and Lycurgus Dalton,
of Iniiana, postmaster. So far no
formal able opposition has arisen to the
retention Of these officers.
John B. Clark Of Missouri, will probably
be renominated clerk of the house His re-
nomination has until within c few days
been conceded on ali sides; but a new as
pirant for clerllship honors looms up in the
person Of William Raines, Of Rochester,
Me- He is the younger brother Of George
Raines a New York Democratic state sem
ator. and a very prominent man in the
party in that state. George Raines and his
brother both arrived in Washington within
q day or two The older brother is here in
the interest OF his brothers candidacy.
Their friends claim that the entire Demo-
cratic delegation to congress from New
York, as well as many prominent Demo
crats from that state, among them ex-
Mayor Murphy, of Troy, chairman of the
New York state Democratic committee, and
Col Fellows, endorse William G. Raines for
tho position, and promise to surprise Gen.
Clark and his friends with the strength that
Raines will develop between now and the
time the caucus meets. In fact they talk
confidently of his nomination and cleo
tion.
There is q sharp contest for the doorksep-
ership. Samuel Donelson, of Tennessee, is q
candidate for reelection, but is opposed by
a number of candidates, among thsm Mr..
Hurt, Of Mississippi, and Platt B. Walker,
of Minnesota.
The Republicans of the house will cast
complimentary vote for Thomas B. Reed,
of Maine, for the speakership, and for the
other Offices they will give compliments.
The house will be called to order by Clerk
Clark, and after roll call the speaker will be
elected When that officer takes the chair
the election of the other officers will follow.
The members will then be sworn in by the
speaker, who will take the oath from the
clerk upon election. There are number of
contested elections but they are not upon
certificates, and the contestees will there
fore be sworn in upon the prima facie evil
dence of their certificates.
The contests are Duffey VS.. Davidson, of
Alabama; Lowry vs. White. of Indiana;
Worthington vs. Post, of Illinois; Frank
VS.. Glover, of Missouri; Sullivan vs. FELTON,,
of California; Lynch vs. Vandiver, of Cali
fornia; Smalls vs.. Elliott, Of South Caro-
lima; Theobs Va. Carlisle, of Kentucky.
j wrangle is expected over the adoption
of temporary rules in the house, and this
may occupy q day or two, but when deter
mined the speaker will announce the COM
fittees on rules, accounts mileage and en-
rolled bills.
The house will then adjourn to give the
speaker opportunity to arrange the various
standing committees. The first adjourn
ment may be to the middle of the week,
and then from day to day until the COM
mittees are announced. The work of
making up the committees will be very
taxing, and they may not be announced
under ten days or two weeks, and possibly
not till after the holiday adjournment.
The holiday adjournment usually takes
place about December q or o.
By retirements there are a number of
prominent committee chairmanships made
vacant Principal of these are ways and
means, Judiciary, military, rivers and har-
bors, Indian affairs, banking and currency,
public bonds, commerce, territories and Pa
cifc railways. These will be filed in the
order named, it believed, by Mills, of Texas;
Culbertsor, of Texas; Wheeler, of Alabama;
Blanchard, of Louisiana; Peel of Arkansas;
Wilkins, of Ohio; Bynum, of Indiana;
Clardy, Of Missouri; Springer, of Illinois,
and Crisp of Georgia.
President Ingalls, will call ths senate to
order, and that body being continuing
one, will proceed to business, there being 10
reorganization except of some of the COM
mittees necessary. There may be heated
debate over some of the contests-those Of
the people of Indiana VS.. David Turpie and
Faulkner VS.. Lucas, West Virginia
There may be objections, and likely will
be to the administration of the oath of these
contestess before committee on privileges
and elections has examined the cases.
Irregulari5y in the issuance of Turpies GER
tif1cate and the joint proceedings of the
legislation which voted for him are alleged
in the first case, while in the second it is
held that the turn to which Lucas was ap-
pointed by the governor of West Virginia
has not expired, and the legislature had no
right to elect Faulkner
The Encouragement Of committees will be
agreed up IN by caucuses of senators Of the
two partieS and no tins will be occupied in
open senate by that work.
There will be some secret sessions for the
reference Of nominations made during the
vacation, and reference to committee of
some treaties which are anticipated 1t is
not likely that any work Of Importance
will be accomplished before the holiday re-
cess.